Unit 5 Russia

What was the Cold War?

• A war between Vietnam and Korea

• A war between east and west Germany

• Another name for WWII, between the Axis and Allied powers

• A war between the United States and Soviet Union (Russia) that never resluted in fighting

Which wa NOT part of the Cold War?

• The arms race to see who could build the biggest nuclear weapons

• The space race to see who could get to space first

• advancements communication and transportaion technologies

• Proxy Wars...Vietnam & Korea

Using information (visual or written) to manipulate or change people's view or opinnions is

• the Industrial Revolution

• propaganda

• The Cold War

• a technology advancement

He was the founder of communism

• Joseph Stalin

• Karl Marx

• Vladimir Lenin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

Private ownership of business is called capitalism.

Government ownership of all business is called______

• communism

• free enterprise

• traditional economy

• market economy

The leader of the Soviet Union going into the Cold War was

• Karl Marx

• Vladimir Lenin

• Makhail Gorbachev

• Joseph Stalin

Which is true of Russia's geography?

• it is the largest country in the world

• it is the smallest country in the world

• it is the second largest country in the world

• it is the most populated country in the world

Which Russian lake is the deepest freshwater lake in the world?

• Volga

• Caspain

• Baikal

• Aral

Who was the last Tsar of Russia?

• Nicholas II

• Catherine the Great

• Ivan the Terrible

• Peter the Great

Around 800 AD the area of Kiev Rus (Ukraine and western Russia) was first explored and settled by

• Mongols

• Tsars

• Persians

• Vikings